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- 11/21/2022
Halifax proposes 'sobering centre' for highly impaired as alternative to lockup
The proposal recommended by city staff is for a 30-bed centre with a $1.3-million annual cost that would be shared with the province. - 11/21/2022
Alberta NDP calls for premier to come clean on pursuing healthcare user fees
A report and interviews last year saw now Premier Danielle Smith argue that Alberta's health system is bending badly under the weight of soaring costs—and that only a healthy injection of user-pay and insurance industry thinking can fix it. - 11/21/2022
B.C. physicians voting on a 13% to 15.2% increase
More details out on three-year fee deal being voted on until Dec. 5. - 11/20/2022
Camzyos approved to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Health Canada approves use in patients with common form of heart disease. - 11/20/2022
NDP asks for Queen's Park unanimous consent in bid to improve trans healthcare
The bill would have required the province's health minister to form an advisory committee to improve Ontario's gender-affirming healthcare. - 11/20/2022
Pediatric cell-based vaccine as good as egg-based vaccine for influenza, clinical trial
An important advancement in pediatric influenza vaccines. - 11/20/2022
2022 tax forms in Ontario, Nunavut to offer access to organ donor information
The federal government has announced the two jurisdictions have agreed to participate in the service being offered by the Canada Revenue Agency. - 11/19/2022
Six tips to run a better pharmacy
Running a successful pharmacy is not all fill and bill. There are many more factors that determine the health not only of your patients but of your overall business. - 11/17/2022
Healthcare workers' pandemic overtime hours highest in more than a decade: CIHI
The CIHI report cites Statistics Canada survey data that found more than 236,000 healthcare workers worked overtime in 2021, with an average of 8.2 hours per week of paid overtime and 5.8 hours per week of unpaid overtime.